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Alfred Leicester for further examination at home. These 

 contain, of course, many minute Mollusca, Ostracoda and 

 Foraminifera. By the time these various processes have been 

 completed the dredge has usually been hauled again, and a 

 fresh heap is lying on the deck awaiting investigation. On a 

 successful trip the members of the party, on an average four 

 to six in number, are kept constantly occupied, each man at 

 his own work, from the commencement of the first haul til] 

 the steamer is turned homewards, and after that the packing 

 and labelling of specimens fill up the time until land is reached." 



This year Professor G. S. Brady reported on our gatherings 

 of Ostracoda and furnished us with a considerable list which 

 is printed in the Report, including several rare forms and one 

 new to Britain. 



The work of the Rev. T. S. Lea in photographing charac- 

 teristic specimens of the marine algse in situ at low-tide 

 commenced about this date and was continued for some years. 

 Mr. Lea also photographed the rocks and stones of some of 

 our best collecting-grounds and some of the assemblages of 

 animals brought up on our dredging expeditions (Figs. 6, 7 

 and 8 show some examples of Mr. Lea's work). 



In this year also we started the investigation of the move- 

 ments of swarms of Copepoda, Medusae and other more 

 abundaut members of the plankton, and endeavoured to 

 ascertain the result of the prevalent currents, tidal or otherwise, 

 by distributing large numbers of " drift-bottles " containing 

 numbered notices to be filled in with locality and date and be 

 returned by the finder. This method of setting free drift-bottles 

 and keeping records of their travels was continued for some 

 years, and has also been practised by the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland, the U.S. Coast Survey, the Prince of Monaco and 

 others. 



Volume IV of the Fauna was issued early in 1895, and 

 this brings the reports on the work of the Committee up to the 



